I'm a web developer, I enjoy everything from layout to design, to graphics, to programming. I currently develop my perl scripts on a windows (W2k) box and then upload my files to FreeBSD where my site is hosted. Recently I have had a few frustrations with the subtle differences between unix perl and the Win version from Activestate. Most of my frustration comes from modules. PPM is great to an extent, but some modules are built exclusively for unix machines. (Even my understanding of the term 'unix' is vauge, when I speak of unix, I mean anything from RedHat to caldera to BSD, etc, etc..) I figure if I switch to a unix box it could reduce my incompatibility frustrations and benefit myself by learning a new OS.

So my question is: given my situation, which flavor of unix (or any OS for that matter) would you suggest that I develop my perl on?

What I need:

• an OS that comes with perl, but willing to install ....
• an OS that supports MySQL (preferrably as easy to install as on my win machines)
• an OS that has a nice Xwindows mode like I had in RedHat 7.0 ( not to fond of 'pico' style editors)
• an OS compatible with Apache (or even an OS with apache web server built-in if that exists)
• an OS capable of running mod_perl
• an OS that has the potential of sharing files with windows machines (....remembers hearing something of samba..)

I am really open to anything, I'd like to hear what you hardcore unix monks think, and I also want to hear from those new to unix who have dumped Bill and his OS.

Thanks in advance,
silent11

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